Emerson thesis -- Visual and media arts

This research will create an overview of existing knowledge regarding youth behavior online from an ethics perspective. Evidence and analysis for and against children's media consumption are evaluated and presented, and today's youth in the United States

"A film that tells the story of a girl who revisits her grandparents' vacant house five years after their deaths to find it is still filled with thousands of their trinkets. Exploring the house and remembering her past, she attempts to let go. This film is inspired by true events." --Abstract.

Every When at Once was a multi-location space opera performed on June 20, 2015...A portion of the show was told by acrobats and animation in the Emerson LA location. Another portion was told by dancers at the Valencia location, and the live musicians and

This thesis project is a combination of animation and screenwriting. The goal of the project is to establish an animated television series, named Evolved, into a healthy, flesh[ed] out, pitch-ready state.--Abstract.

This study is an attempt to examine distinctions of Japanese language use over CMC, especially emoticons. -- abstract.

Exaudi is an audio recording that explores musicianship and music through personal experience. Four subjects were interviewed whose careers fall somewhere between that of musician and sound artist. Their words and stories are woven together to provide an

Down the D Line is a site-specific, impressionistic audio composition based on the sonic elements engaged when riding the MBTA, Green Line, D Line, as it moves from the outskirts in the suburbs and transitions into the subway system of the city. -- abstra

"Export My Love is a documentary about four divorced or widowed women trying to persue love by finding U.S. husband. It tries to raise the discussion of how the society treats those single women with kids." -- Abstract

Extra Innings is the story of Edward, a cantankerous old man who becomes increasingly irritated with the noise emanating from his upstairs neighbors' New Year's Eve party. Although his kindly wife attempts to calm him, eventually the noise becomes too muc

Short experimental documentary that explores the filmmaker's relationship to video games. Interviews, narration, archival material, and hybrid video animations navigate identity politics and video game criticism as the filmmaker struggles to justify his l

Fifteen-minute short poetic and documentary-like narrative film that follows an old man struggling with Alzheimer's disease.

Fade is a short movie, shot on mini DV, that follows Gloria Swanson, who is giving up on life after getting cancer for the second time. -- abstract.

This is a twenty-five documentary that focuses on Clayton Carter and Kendra Michaud, the 'farmers-in-residence' at the Maine Organic Farmers and Gardeners Association. The piece not only explores the trials and tribulations of becoming farmers, but it is

The story is about a couple in their mid-forties going through life together after all three of their children have moved out. -- abstract.

"Follows the filmmaker's journey out of the Mormon church -- a journey unexpectedly aligned with her first pregnancy. The film depicts her pregnancy from start to finish while exploring the emotional and spiritual weight of leaving Mormonism, its effect on the mother she hopes to become, and its effect on the mother who raised her." -- Abstract.

A novel idea, Family Participatory model involves a filmmaker, Westborough community TV, and three Westborough families. -- abstract.

This documentary is exploring the world of sports fans. It examines the motivations that keep fans so loyal and enthralled in their team. The story line also follows fans as they cross to the dark side and become fanatics. -- abstract.